现代语言学能测试（MLAT）样题及答案

Carroll and Spaon,1959
标签： 语言习得 语言学能 测试分类： 语言习得
 The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) measures an individual’s aptitude for learning a foreign language. First published in 1959, the test can be used to predict success in learning all basic communication skills, but particularly speaking and listening. The Modern Language Aptitude Test is now the property of the non-profit entity Second Language Testing Foundation, Inc., who has acquired the rights to the test in order to ensure its continued availability to the second language testing community.
PART I: NUMBER LEARNING
Part I of the MLAT has 43 possible points. This part of the MLAT tests auditory and memory abilities associated with sound-meaning relationships. In this part of the MLAT, you will learn the names of numbers in a new language. Subsequently, you will hear the names of numbers spoken aloud, and you will be asked to write down these numbers. For example, if you heard someone say the number “seventeen” in English, you would write down 1 7. But in this test, you will hear the numbers in a new language. Here’s how it will work:
You will hear some instructions read aloud. The speaker will then teach you some numbers (not the same as these samples, of course). The speaker will say something like:
[The green text represents the voice you will hear.]
Now I will teach you some numbers in the new language. First, we will learn some single-digit numbers:
“ba” is “one”
“baba” is “two”
“dee” is “three”
Now I will say the name of the number in the new language, and you write down the number you hear. Try to do so before I tell you the answer:
“ba” -- That was “one”
“dee” -– That was “three”
“baba” -– That was “two”
Now we will learn some two-digit numbers:
“tu” is “twenty”
“ti” is “thirty”
“tu-ba” is “twenty-one” in this language -- because “tu” is twenty and “ba” is one.
“ti-ba” is “thirty-one “ – because “ti” is thirty and “ba” is one.
Now let’s begin. Write down the number you hear.
a. ti-ba [you have only about 5 seconds to write down your answer]
b. ti-dee
c. baba
d. tu-dee
  
PART II: PHONETIC SCRIPT
Part II of the MLAT is a test of your ability to learn a system for writing English sounds phonetically. There are 30 possible points in this section. First you will learn phonetic symbols for some common English sounds. For each question, you will see a set of four separate syllables. Each syllable is spelled phonetically. A speaker will model the sounds for you by pronouncing each of the four syllables in a set. Then the speaker will model the sounds in the next set.
After the speaker models the sounds in five sets, you will be asked to look back at the first set. The speaker will go through the groups again, but this time the speaker will say only one of the 4 syllables in a set. Your task is to select the syllable that has a phonetic spelling that matches the syllable you heard.
For example, you would look at the first five sets. They would look something like this:
1. bot but bok buk
2. bok buk bov bof
3. geet gut beet but
4. beek beev but buv
5. geeb geet buf but
[Remember, the green text represents the voice of the speaker that you will hear]
The speaker will then pronounce each of the four syllables in each of the five sets. You follow along:
1. “bot” “but” “bok” “buk”
2. “bok” “buk” “bov” “bof”
3. “geet” “gut” “beet” “but”
4. “beek” “beev” “but” “buv”
5 . “geeb” “geet” “buf” “but”
Then the speaker will go back to number 1 and pronounce just one syllable from the set of four. So, you might hear:
1. “buk”
During the actual test, you must indicate which syllable you heard by darkening the corresponding space on the computer answer sheet. Then you hear the next question:
2. “bok”
Choose your response from set 2. Then listen to question 3:
3. “gut”
Choose your response from set 3. Then listen to question 4:
4. “beev”
Choose your response from set 4. Then listen to question 5:
5. “geeb”
Choose your response from set 5.
After that, new phonetic symbols are introduced in the next five sets of four syllables. You respond to those questions, and then you are given a third and final set. Some of the symbols look like normal English spelling, and some do not. Although a few of the syllables may sound like English words, most of the syllables are nonsense syllables that just happen to contain English sounds.
PART III: SPELLING CUES
Part III of the MLAT has 50 questions. This part of the MLAT requires the ability to associate sounds with symbols and depends somewhat on knowledge of English vocabulary. It is also somewhat speeded, and therefore, it is much more challenging than the following exercise, which consists of only 4 practice question. Nonetheless, trying these sample questions will give you a good idea of what Part III is like.
Each question below has a group of words. The word at the top of the group is not spelled in the usual way. Instead, it is spelled approximately as it is pronounced. Your task is to recognize the disguised word from the spelling. In order to show that you recognize the disguised word, look for one of the five words beneath it that corresponds most closely in meaning to the disguised word. When you find this word or phrase, write down the letter that corresponds to your choice. Try all four samples; then click below to check your answers.
1. kloz
A. attire
B. nearby
C. stick
D. giant
E. relatives
2. restrnt
A. food
B. self-control
C. sleep
D. space explorer
E. drug
3. prezns
A. kings
B. explanations
C. dates
D. gifts
E. forecasts
4. grbj
A. car port
B. seize
C. boat
D. boast
E. waste
PART IV: WORDS IN SENTENCES
There are 45 questions in MLAT Part IV. The following exercise consists of only 4 practice questions. The MLAT questions test recognition, analogy, and understanding of a far greater range of syntactic structures than the 4 sample questions shown here.
In each of the following questions, we will call the first sentence the key sentence. One word in the key sentence will be underlined and printed in capital letters. Your task is to select the letter of the word in the second sentence that plays the same role in that sentence as the underlined word in the key sentence.
Look at the following sample question:
Sample: JOHN took a long walk in the woods.
Children in blue jeans were singing and dancing in the park.
A B C D E
You would select “A.” because the key sentence is about “John” and the second sentence is about “children.”
NOW GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH THESE SAMPLE QUESTIONS.
Write down your answers so that you can check them when you are finished.
1. MARY is happy.
From the look on your face, I can tell that you must have had a bad day.
A B C D E
2. We wanted to go out, BUT we were too tired.
Because of our extensive training, we were confident when we were out sailing,
A B C
yet we were always aware of the potential dangers of being on the lake.
D E
3. John said THAT Jill liked chocolate.
In our class, that professor claimed that he knew that girl on the television
A B C D E
news show.
4. The officer gave me a TICKET!
When she went away to college, the young man’s daughter wrote him the most
A B C
beautiful letter that he had ever received.
D E
PART V. PAIRED ASSOCIATES
Part V of the MLAT focuses on the rote memory aspect of learning foreign languages. On the actual test, you will have 2 minutes to memorize 24 words. You will then do a practice exercise. You can look back at the vocabulary during this practice exercise, but you will not be permitted to look at the vocabulary or at your practice sheet while you are doing the Part V questions that follow the exercise.
Your task here is to MEMORIZE the Maya-English vocabulary below. There are only six words to memorize on this practice test. Keep in mind that the vocabulary list on Part V of the MLAT will be 4 times longer than this sample. Take 40 seconds to memorize this vocabulary. Then click below to go to the questions. Do not look back at the vocabulary until you have finished responding to the sample questions.
Vocabulary
Maya -- English
c?on gun
si? wood
k?ab hand
kab juice
bat ax
pal son
NOW GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH THESE SAMPLE QUESTIONS.
Write down your answers so that you can check them when you are finished.
1. bat
A. animal
B. stick
C. jump
D. ax
E. stone
2. kab
A. juice
B. cart
C. corn
D. tool
E. run
3. c?on
A. story
B. gun
C. eat
D. mix
E. bird
4. k?ab
A. road
B. tree
C. yell
D. fish
E. hand
5. si?
A. look
B. yes
C. forgive
D. cook
E. wood
6. pal
A. chief
B. son
C. friend
D. gold
E. boat
  
Answers to MLAT Sample Questions
MLAT Part I, Number Learning
a. thirty-one (31)
b. thirty-three (33)
c. two (2)
d. twenty-three (23)
MLAT Part III, Spelling Cues
1. A kloz is a disguised spelling of clothes, which corresponds in meaning to attire
2. B restrnt is a disguised spelling of restraint, which corresponds in meaning to
self-control
3. D prezns is a disguised spelling of presents, which corresponds in meaning to
gifts
4. E grbj is a disguised spelling of garbage, which corresponds in meaning to
waste
MLAT Part IV, Words in Sentences
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. D
MLAT Part V, Paired Associates
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. E
5. E
6. B
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